You can assign text information to a data element with the field labels.

The field labels are used to display fields in a screen template. You can copy fields from structures or tables of the ABAP Dictionary to the template when you define a screen template in the Screen Painter (function Get from Dict.). You can also assign a field a field label that is derived from the data element of the field.

The text of the field label can be translated centrally with the translation tools. The text is then displayed in the screen template in the user’s logon language.

The flag Maintain field labels allows you to switch maintenance of field labels on and off. You should always maintain the field labels for data elements unless they are not used in any screen templates at a later time.

If field labels were already maintained and the Maintain field labels flag is switched off, a warning is issued and the field labels are deleted.

Key words of different lengths for identifying fields in input templates. Since the space available for such texts depends on the screen template, you can define the text information in three different lengths.

This text is used as a column header when you output the contents of fields as a list in the Data Browser. It can also be assigned to a field of the input template in the Screen Painter.